Ben

Meaning and origin of Ben

Popularity of Ben in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2020.
• Over recent years, Ben has been stable (0% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Ben every 31 schools.

Ben in English-speaking countries

Ben ranks 38^th in Ireland, 133^rd in Scotland and 143^rd in Northern Ireland, against 496^th in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  38^th boys’ name400 babies in 3 years1 boy in 180−6.1% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  143^rd boys’ name48 babies in 3 years1 boy in 531

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  133^rd boys’ name107 babies in 3 years1 boy in 560−11% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  355^th boys’ name35 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,407

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  359^th boys’ name29 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,536

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  386^th boys’ name93 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,827−3.4% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  480^th boys’ name245 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,373−10.4% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  816^th boys’ name917 babies in 3 years1 boy in 5,607−1% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Names similar to Ben

• Zack
• Nouh
• Saul
• John
• Sam
• Dan
• Jude
• Jim
• Jonah
• Ariel
• Lévi
• Jordan

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin